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BORN HULL 1891. YOUNGEST SON OF HUGH & CATHERINE CALLAGHAN, AT 12, BRAEMAR TERRACE, WALCOTT STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION & CWGC ADDRESS). ONE OF THREE BROTHERS. A FISH FRYER. HE ENLISTED AT LOWESTOFT, SUFFOLK. SERVED WITH THE 2ND ROYAL INNISKILLING FUSILIERS. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 01/04/1917, AGED 26. UNMARRIED. HE LEFT ELDER BROTHE […]

Hull Pals Memorial Post. SGT JOHN ALBERT CALLAGHAN 11/600. Born in January 1897, John was the eldest son of William and Mary Callaghan of 2 Sarah Ann's Terrace, Spyvee Street, Hull. He enlisted at Hull City Hall for the then fledgling 11th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment, 'The Tradesmen', 2nd Hull Pals. One of the Originals, John was a […]

BORN HULL 1890. SON OF THE LATE JOHN & MARY CALLAGHAN. HE RESIDED WITH HIS SISTER MRS STRATFORD, AT 1 PROVIDENCE ROW, WALKER STREET, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN HULL AND WAS A REGULAR SOLDIER SERVING IN INDIA, WHEN WAR BEGAN. HE ARRIVED IN FRANCE ON 15TH JANUARY 1915. SERVED WITH THE 2ND EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED OF SHRAPNEL WOUNDS, "T […]

BORN GLASGOW 1894. ALIAS FRANCIS MCAULEY. HE LIVED IN HULL. STEP SON OF THOMAS CALLAGHAN, AT 97 BALFOUR STREET, HULL (HIS ARMY ADDRESS). A SHOP ASSISTANT. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 22/11/1915, AGED 21 YEARS AND 7 MONTHS. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 2 INCHES TALL,  34-36 INCH CHEST SIZE. HE JOINED THE 14TH EYR RESERVE BATTALION. ARRIVED IN FRANCE […]

BORN HULL 1882. SON OF JOHN RICHARD CALLIS (1852-895) AND EMILY BURTON (1855-1933), OF 22 GREAT THORNTON STREET AND THIS ADDRESS. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED IN 'C' COMPANY, 4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. ERNEST WAS DIGGING BEHIND SOME TRENCHES WHEN HE WAS HIT BY A STRAY BULLET AND KILLED INSTANTLY, ON 13/07/1916. HE WAS THE HUSBAND OF MRS […]

Born Hull, 1879. Son of George Calver (1852-1900) and Eliza Church (1856-1920), of 89 Havelock Street, Hull & Ipswich. He moved to Suffolk and worked as a General labourer. described as 5 foot, 10 inches tall, 144 lbs weight, 38-40 inch chest, brown eyes, dark brown hair, Church of England religion. He married at Ipswich, on 16/10/1 […]

BORN DEWSBURY, YORKSHIRE, 02/05/1872. SON OF WALTER & BETSEY CALVERT, AT 7 MANCHESTER STREET, HULL. HUSBAND OF MARTHA ANN CALVERT, OF PARK STREET, GOMERSALL, LEEDS. A ROYAL NAVAL RESERVIST. HE SERVED AS SECOND HAND, ON THE TRAWLER, 'VIOLA'. HE DIED OF SICKNESS ON 26/11/1915, AGED 43. BURIED IN HULL WESTERN CEMETERY, SPRING BANK. HE I […]

Corporal, ARTHUR CALVERT 12/1203. Born October 1889, Arthur was the eldest of two sons to Arthur and Sarah Calvert of 33 Sutton Street, Spring Bank, Hull. He had previously served his country and when war was declared would have been mobilized anyway, but chose to enlist on 7th October 1914 joining the 12th Battalion East Yorkshire Regim […]

BORN HULL 1878. LIVED HULL. ENLISTED MANCHESTER. A PROFFESIONAL SOLDIER AND RETIRED RESERVIST WHEN WAR BEGAN. HE SERVED AS A SERGEANT IN THE 2ND HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY. ARRIVED IN FRANCE ON 14/08/1914, WITH THE BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE. KILLED AT LOOS, ON 25/09/1915, AGED 37. HIS ARMY EFFECTS, WERE LEFT TO HIS NEXT OF KIN, MISS GLADY […]

BORN SCARBOROUGH, 02/05/1896. SON OF FRANCIS BRIGHAM CALVERT (1866-1940) AND MABEL STEPHENSON (1872-1966), OF 25 NANSEN STREET, SCARBOROUGH, YORKSHIRE. SON OF A BANK CASHIER. HE ENLISTED IN BEVERLEY. EX PRIVATE, 2531 YORKSHIRE REGIMENT & FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 34872, YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY. HE ARRIVED IN FRANCE, ON 17/07/1916. COMMISSIONED […]

BORN HULL 1888. SON OF GEORGE CALVERT -54 ALEXANDRA STREET, HULL. EX NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY FIREMAN & WOOD BOX MAKER HUSBAND OF ELIZA SIBBIE (MARSHALL) AT 11 EBENEEZER TERRACE, WEST DOCK AVENUE, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 12 NEVILLE'S TERRACE, VAUXHALL GROVE, HULL (HDM 27/05/1917) & THEN SCARBOROUGH. REPORTED MISSING AND LATER CONFIR […]

BORN ABERDEEN 1867. HE WORKED AS A MARINE ENGINEER IN HULL (1901 CENSUS), BOARDING AT 109 BEAN STREET, WHERE HE MET HIS FUTURE WIFE ALICE, WHO WAS 15 YEARS YOUNGER THAN HIM. HIS WIFE ALICE CAMERON LIVED AT THIS ADDRESS, WHEN HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL. HE WAS SECOND ENGINEER, ON THE CARGO SHIP 'HARROGATE', WHICH FOUNDE […]

BORN HULL 1895. ONLY SON OF ARTHUR ROBERT CAMMELL (1869-1908) AND ANNIE EMMES (1873-1959). AN ERRAND BOY. HE WAS IN THE EMPLOYMENT OF HIS GRANDFATHER, A HAY DEALER. HE HAD THREE SISTERS, ANNIE, ALICE AND AGNES. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 21066, WITH THE 8TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED ON THE SOMME, ON 17/07/1916, AGED 20 […]

BORN HULL 1899. ENLISTED HULL. SON OF SAMUEL & AMY CAMMIDGE. OF 29 CHURCHILL STREET (1901 CENSUS) & THIS ADDRESS, HEDON ROAD, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 22ND DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 26/04/1918, AGED 19. UNMARRIED. HE LEFT BROTHERS, WALTER & SAM. HE HAD BEEN IN FRANCE ONLY THREE WEEKS BEFORE […]

Born Atwick, Yorkshire, 1889. Son of George Cammidge and Mary Jane Bolton, of Skipsea (War Pension address). A grocer's Assistant (1911 Census). Enlisted 11/12/1915. Served in the Durham Light Infantry. Discharged on 22/08/1919. Awarded the Silver Wound Badge (No: B312687). Died of Tuberculosis, on 21/04/1920, aged 31.

BORN SAINT JOHN, 1892. SON OF GEORGE AND MARY CAMPBELL. WIFE OLIVE (HOVEY), BRUNSWICK. SUNK. 30/04/1918. AGED 26. HULL NAVY RECORDS. The Umba was built as Adelheid Menzell (Construction No. 287) in 1903 at the Neptun shipyard in Rostock, Germany. She was a schooner rigged screw steamer with a gross tonnage of 1501t, and measured 88.39m x […]

BORN BELFAST 1899. SON OF GEORGE & LEAH CAMPBELL - 16 MOUNT COLLIER AVE, BELFAST. LOST AT SEA, ON 30/11/1915, AGED 16. HIS NAME IS LISTED IN THE HULL MERCHANT NAVY RECORDS. SS Middleton, built by W. Gray & Co. Ltd., West Hartlepool in 1895 and owned at the time of her loss by Alexander Shipping Co. Ltd. (Capper, Alexander & […]

BORN BARROW IN FURNESS, LANC 1893. SON OF ALEXANDER & ELIZABETH CAMPBELL, AT 12 YORK TERACE, PELHAM STREET HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 5 EASTBOURNE TERRACE, ARUNDLE STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). SON OF A BOILER MAKER. HE WORKED AS A HEATER. HUSBAND TO ANNIE MAUD McGOWAN, AT 14 MARVEL STREET, DRYPOOL, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED IN T […]

Born Hull 1898, Eldest son of Thomas William Thornton Campbell (1873-1941) and Catherine Gettings (1877-1963), of 8 Providence Place, Spring Street, Hull (1911 Census) and 6, St Stephens Square, Spring Street, Hull (war Pension address). Son of a wood turner. He had four brothers and four sisters. Served in the East Yorkshire and Border […]

Born Thealby, Lincolnshire, 1894. Son of George and Mary Elizabeth Campbell, of 4, Chapel Lane, Winterton, Scunthorpe. Native of Thealby, Scunthorpe. Resided in Doncaster. Enlisted in Hull. Served with the Hull Commercials. Transferred to the 8th East Yorkshire Regiment. Died of Wounds, on 30/09/1917, aged 23. His CWGC grave inscription […]